Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D

I went and saw this yesterday afternoon, It is your typical kids summer fun movie with plenty of action and over the top backdrops, which my younger nephews and brother(ages 6,8,8) loved, they can not wait till it comes out on dvd, heck they already asked me to take them to see it again in the theater but this time in 3D.. I honestly cant say I liked it as much as they did but it was still a fun movie and kept me entertained for an hour and a half despite all the cheesy acting.

My only real gripe is not so much with the movie but rather the theaters. I was not able to see this in 3D as there are barely any theaters near me that offer 3D screenings, which is ridiculous. I did read that this movie was forced to take the 3D part out of the title because there were not going to be as many 3D screens out there as was promised. Movie theaters have been promising to do these upgrades but have been slow to take action, I honestly think that because of that this movie will not do what it should at the box office since most people want to see it the way it was meant to be shown..

Soo my final take is if you can see it in 3D and or have kids, nephews ect than go see it.

'Journey' to 3-D rife with pitfalls

RealD to implement almost 100 extra screens for bow
By Carl DiOrio

July 9, 2008, 08:27 PM ET

"Journey to the Center of the Earth"

Every little bit helps.

Expediting installations in dozens of sites during the past several weeks, 3-D vendor RealD will implement almost 100 additional screens in time for Friday's bow of the adventure film "Journey to the Center of the Earth." That should help speed "Journey" along, but the pace of the global 3-D rollout remains glacial.

Like Paramount's 2007 release "Beowulf," "Journey" was intended to play mostly on 3-D screens when the project was first conceived at New Line. Also like "Beowulf" -- which grossed about $200 million worldwide -- "Journey" surely will boast much better grosses on its 3-D screens than in conventional venues.

Yet it's been clear for some time that "Journey" distributor Warners, which now handles all of New Line's releases, would have to rely heavily on those conventional venues in trying to mount a decent theatrical run. So the film's extra-dimensional aspects have been more muted in recent marketing materials for the Brendan Fraser starrer.

But nobody is claiming that the situation is ideal.

"3-D is the future, so why is exhibition dragging its feet?" Warners domestic distribution president Dan Fellman asked Wednesday. "I'm pleased 'Journey' will be the biggest digital 3-D release to date. But it is disconcerting that since November, the 3-D screen count has only gone up from 660 (for 'Beowulf') to 854 noncompetitive locations for 'Journey.' "

Beverly Hills-based RealD operates more than 90% of the world's 1,400 3-D screens, including more than 1,100 RealD screens in the U.S. and Canada. But the close proximity of some of the domestic installations means a couple hundred or so are unfeasible to use on "Journey" or likely any other single release.

Double-screening in some locations means that "Journey" -- a roughly $60 million production set for more than 2,800 total engagements -- will play on about 950 3-D screens. Yet that's still a couple hundred lower than producers New Line and Walden Media envisioned as recently as March.

Partly as a result of the limited 3-D platform, "Journey" is expected to open only in the teen millions and likely will finish its first weekend midtable in the weekend's ranking of top grossers.

A handful of foreign territories will get "Journey" day-and-date with its domestic bow, but the international 3-D situation is even more of a blur.

RealD also has 220 international installations, including 126 in Europe, and recently struck a contract to equip 600 screens in the U.K. and elsewhere once they are equipped for digital projection.

And there's the rub, particularly for Europe.

Except in the Imax format, you can't have 3-D without digital projection, and the digital rollout in Europe has been agonizingly slow. Hollywood has proved less generous in its approach to helping exhibitors there shoulder the costs of digital installations, which average about $100,000.

The U.S. has almost 5,000 screens equipped to project movies digitally, whereas estimates of Europe's installed base of movie-quality digital screens run as low as 1,000 screens.

Many of the European installations feature lease-to-buy arrangements with systems vendors, and others were financed with government subsidies. A pair of d-cinema companies recently inked financing agreements with studios that could lead to thousands of additional European installations during the next several years if exhibitors agree to participate and carry up to one-third of the costs themselves.

Asia's digital-cinema rollout is more fully progressed at about 6,500 digital screens, though many of its digital installations offer resolution quality that would be deemed insuffcient in most territories outside the region.

In the U.S. -- where the digital rollout continues even as financing discussions drag on between studios and major circuits -- RealD has struck pacts with Regal, Cinemark and others to install thousands of 3-D systems during the next few years. That can't happen too soon for Hollywood studios, which collectively have slotted a dozen 3-D films for 2009 release.

"We are waiting like everybody else for digital to be installed," RealD chairman and CEO Michael Lewis said. "In multiplexes where there is digital capability, RealD (has at least one screen) in 90% of those."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iecef08e72cf7ae2a6648949611f2c23b

I'm not sure what part of Tempe you're in, but the Cinemark theater over on Dobson and Rio Salado has it in 3D. It's right in that new "Mesa Riverview" area.

I'm not sure what part of Tempe you're in, but the Cinemark theater over on Dobson and Rio Salado has it in 3D. It's right in that new "Mesa Riverview" area.

Awww damn, I saw this at the Tempe Market Places Harkins Theatres. The River View is litterally right down the street, I guess thats where I am going this week thanks.. I thought I was going to have to drive all the way to Power and umm its right off the 60 so maybe Guadalupe. That is the only theater I know that does 3D showing and plus its an Imax theater so that helps..

Awww damn, I saw this at the Tempe Market Places Harkins Theatres. The River View is litterally right down the street, I guess thats where I am going this week thanks.. I thought I was going to have to drive all the way to Power and umm its right off the 60 so maybe Guadalupe. That is the only theater I know that does 3D showing and plus its an Imax theater so that helps..

Power and Guad..? Didn't know there was one there. You know there's an IMAX theater at AZ Mills Mall too, right?

Power and Guad..? Didn't know there was one there. You know there's an IMAX theater at AZ Mills Mall too, right?

Yea but they never play anything good and plus its at Arizona Mills, who really wants to go there? :what:

That place is run down and disgusting....

Yea but they never play anything good and plus its at Arizona Mills, who really wants to go there? :what:

That place is run down and disgusting....


That's true.. It is pretty grimy. I'm not a fan of that Mall in any way, just wanted to make sure you knew there was an Imax theater there.